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How channel partners can capitalise on the key trends affecting the physical security sector in FY2027

Rising risk and cost pressures are driving demand for cloud-managed, unified security systems as councils and energy firms seek simpler protection.

By Djeffri Setiawan • 4 min read • Last month

Hyperscale

How WD is reinventing the hard drive for AI at scale

Australia's AI data-centre boom is forcing storage vendors to cut power use and costs, with WD betting on hard drives over flash.

By Sean Mitchell • 6 min read • Thu, 28th May 2026

Storage

Western Digital features in holiday storage gift guide

Portable, rugged and high-capacity Western Digital drives are being pitched as practical Christmas gifts for consumers, creators and gamers.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Wed, 12th Nov 2025

Disaster Recovery

DriveSavers & Computer Troubleshooters team up for SMB data recovery

DriveSavers and Computer Troubleshooters have teamed up to offer advanced data recovery and ransomware response services to Australian small and medium-sized businesses.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Tue, 7th Oct 2025

Global Stories

Hard Drives stories

Hybrid Cloud

WD unveils tiered storage architectures for AI workloads

AI and HPC users could cut storage costs as WD's new designs shift colder data to hard drives while keeping active workloads on NVMe.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 24th Jun 2026

Semiconductors

WD to showcase AI storage platforms at Computex 2026

Growing AI data sets are putting storage economics under pressure, prompting WD to pitch harder drives and tiered platforms as part of the answer.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 2nd Jun 2026

Encryption

WD unveils post-quantum hard drives for enterprise

Hyperscale customers are already testing hard drives designed to keep firmware and device trust intact as quantum computing threats grow.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 19th May 2026

Data Protection

WD highlights range of hard drives for consumers & businesses

The 52TB desktop RAID unit targets editors and studios needing faster, high-capacity storage for 4K, 8K and virtual reality projects.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 12th May 2026

Storage

MacDrive 12 adds encrypted APFS support for Windows

Windows users can now open and save encrypted Mac drives without reformatting, as MacDrive 12 expands APFS support and crash protection.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Storage

VDURA & WD target AI with hybrid storage

VDURA and WD certify Ultrastar hybrid arrays with VDURA Data Platform, targeting cheaper petabyte-scale AI and HPC storage.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Mar 2026

Storage

WD unifies creator storage range under G-DRIVE brand

WD is unifying its creator-focused external storage under the G-DRIVE name, phasing out SanDisk Professional branding across the range.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026

Data Protection

Kerala crackdown targets online child abuse networks

Kerala Police stage 660-plus raids in major P-Hunt drive against online child abuse, seizing 431 devices and making 26 arrests.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026

Storage

Smartphones now drive digital evidence in criminal cases

Smartphones now underpin criminal investigations worldwide, with 97% of cases drawing on mobile data as agencies race to keep pace.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026

Storage

WD maps 100TB-plus hard drives for AI data centres

WD maps a path to 100TB-plus hard drives, unveiling faster, lower-power designs as cloud data centres scale storage for AI workloads.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Wed, 4th Feb 2026

DataCentre infrastructure

VDURA index tracks volatile SSD pricing & AI impact

VDURA launches index and modelling tool as AI-fuelled SSD volatility drives 189% flash cost surge and widens gap with hard drives.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026

Storage

Seagate unveils 30TB drives to power AI-ready data centres

Seagate launches 30TB Exos M and IronWolf Pro drives, boosting scalable AI-ready storage for data centres amid rising global demand and data laws.

By Melvin Hipolito • 5 min read • Tue, 15th Jul 2025

Digital Transformation

Western Digital unveils new high-capacity drives in Australia

Western Digital launches new high-capacity Professional and NAS storage solutions in Australia, targeting creative and business data demands up to 208TB.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 10th Jul 2025